. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. RANUNCULUS RANUNCULUS 1499 glabrous or at first with hairy edges soon becoming glabrous, glaucous: fls. 3-6, either terminal or axillary, pure white, with yellow stamens; sepals pointed; pet- als much larger, obtuse. Mts. of S. E. En. 2(iC (poor). 16:1593. HI. 35:. II. 19:788. 2. add
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. RANUNCULUS RANUNCULUS 1499 glabrous or at first with hairy edges soon becoming glabrous, glaucous: fls. 3-6, either terminal or axillary, pure white, with yellow stamens; sepals pointed; pet- als much larger, obtuse. Mts. of S. E. En. 2(iC (poor). 16:1593. HI. 35:. II. 19:788. 2. addneus, Gray. Plant shaggy-hairy, 4-12 in. high, sometimes becoming decumbent: root slender-fibrous: Ivs. usually 2-3-times 3-parted and lobed; lobes all nar- row-linear, acute ; primary divisions of Ivs. sessile or nearly so; petioles of basal Ivs. membranous in lower part; stem-lvs. sessile or on a sheathing base, usually borne opposite, resembling an involucre: petals 5 (or 6 to 8), large, yellow, rounded outwardly, cuneate at base, much exceeding the lanceolate sepals which are hairy beneath: akenes somewhat compressed, acutish; style long, straight, subulate: head globular to oblong. Sum- mer. Rockies of Colo., altitude 10,000 ft. - Int. 1881. Procurable from dealers in Colorado plants. 3. ripens, Linn. Plant more or less hairy, spreading byrunuers: roots fibrous: often ascending 0- 12 in.: Ivs. petioled, 3-divided; middle 1ft. or all Ifts. stalked, often again 3 - lobed or cleft, and somewhat coarse-toothed, bases cuneate or truncate: petals obo- vate, 5-6 lines long ; sepals much shorter, spreading, hairy below: akenes compressed, margined; beak short, stout, slightly bent: head globose. Maj'-July. Low places, from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to Va. and westward; also Eu. and Asia.— A double-flowered form (var. flore plena),Fig. 2076, is not uncommon in gardens. 4. montanus, Willd. Mount.^in Buttercup. Plant 6 in. high, pubescent, with soft appressed or spread
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